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hardier companions. Place the four- season rose in a sheltered 

 situation from winds. 



Among the hardy climbing roses, the Ayrshire rose is the most 

 useful. Its foliage is rich, and it covers fences, walls, &c, with 

 astonishing rapidity. It flowers in July. Place it in a warm 

 situation, and it will extend thirty feet in one season. 



Lady Banks's yellow rose is a pretty climber, and flowers early 

 in all situations. So does the Rosa semper vir ens. 



Climbing roses will grow luxuriantly under the shade of trees, 

 and form a mass of fragrant underwood in shrubberies. They 

 grow with surprising vigor if allowed to remain prostrate. Plant 

 these thinly, and lay in the most vigorous shoots, by pegging 

 them down into the ground. This process increases the plants 

 rapidly, and gives the gayest possible effect. 



The Rosa hybrida multiflora is a hardy and rapidly growing 

 rose. It flowers also from June to September. So does the red 

 and crimson Boursault, and the Rosa Russeliana. 



Roses are subject to the green fly, which disfigures their beauty, 

 particularly the white roses. An excellent remedy for this annoy- 

 ance is effected by moistening the plant, and then dusting it over 

 with equal portions of sulphur and tobacco dust. 



The following list of roses will not prove beyond a lady's man- 

 agement, being hardy, and requiring only pruning every January, 

 and giving them a good soil. Prune the white rose-trees very 

 sparingly, as they do not love the knife : — 



Roses, early cinnamon 

 Double yellow 

 Single yellow 

 Red monthly 

 White monthly 

 Double white 

 Moss Provence 

 Common Provence 

 Double velvet 



Single Ditto 



Dutch hundred-leaved 



Blush ditto 



Blush Belgic 



Red ditto 



Marbled 



Large royal 



York and Lancaster 



Red damask 



